The person who came to deliver the letter was Wu Li. When he saw Shamoke, he did not kneel down. He bowed and said, "My general knew that the king yearned for Han culture very much and often hoped that his tribe could live a good life like the Han people. So he came to send a letter to the king, hoping that the king could join my Jiangdong family. My Jiangdong ruled to the earth and treated all ethnic groups equally in the face of the law, and that the people of all ethnic groups in Wuxi could definitely make a good life." Then he handed the letter from Lu Meng to Shamoke.

Because Sun Quan told Lu Meng in advance that Shamoke admired Han culture very much. As long as we can give him enough respect and let his tribe live equally like the Han people, he will take the initiative to join our big family and of course he has to help his tribe live a good life. So in the letter, Lu Meng first flattered Shamoke, and then expressed that Jiangdong was willing to help them learn farming and let their tribes live a good life. Moreover, they could also join the Jiangdong army, and all meritorious service would be treated equally. He also introduced Jiangdong's various good policies for their foreign races.

After reading Lu Meng's letter, Shamoko decided to follow Jiangdong, and then asked: "Messenger, did your general say how to make sure that what he said is true?"

When Wu Li heard this, he immediately said, "Before coming, our lord, the lord of Jiangdong, gave Xiao an official seal, saying that as long as the king agreed to join our Jiangdong family, he would be appointed as the General of the Wuxi Central Army, and he also asked Xiao to bring a general seal!" After Wu Li said that, he took out a copper seal and asked someone to hand it to Shamoke.

After seeing this bronze seal, Shamoke felt so happy and immediately said loudly: "Okay, we will be a family in the future. I will be the General of the Central Army. Don't call me the King again. Come on, click the troops immediately and we will go and help General Lu Meng!"

Shamoke ordered the troops and followed Wu Li to Jingxian County, while Zhu Bao's messenger was released directly. After all, he was just a small person. When the messenger returned to Jingxian County, he reported the situation to Zhu Bao. After hearing this, Zhu Bao felt a little disappointed. As soon as the army in Jiangdong arrived, he could know that he was going to ask Wuximan for help, and at the same time sent people to offer higher conditions than him. It seemed that he had come prepared. There were not many soldiers in this Jingxian County. Could it be that I surrendered like this? But what if I didn't surrender? Although this Jingxian County has seventeen counties, most of them are ethnic minority areas and there is no good fortune.

After some confusion, Zhu Bao made up his mind and decided to surrender to Lu Meng. Lu Meng was meeting Shamoke in the big tent. After meeting Shamoke, he had a deeper exchange with Shamoke. When the two were talking about some ethnic policies in Jiangdong, the spy came to report that Zhu Bao sent someone to see him. Lu Meng asked someone to bring him in and asked:

"Who are you? What kind of teaching do you want to come and see?"

"If you go back to the general, the youngest person is Zhu's confidant, and he is Mao Jin, who will send a letter of surrender to Lord Zhu!" Mao Jin said nervously.

"He knows how to take the surrender book, or he knows how to live or die, otherwise I will be sieging the city." Lu Meng said lightly, but he showed his power even more.

On that day, Lu Meng's army entered the city and took over the entire Jingxian County. Then he ordered Sun Jiao, the chief of staff of the Third Division, to be the county magistrate of Jingxian County. Zhang Xuan, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, was transferred to the chief of staff of the Third Division, and Zhu Ju, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, to be taken over by Deputy Chief of Staff. Sun Jiao's main task in Jingxian County was to unify these ethnic minorities to Wanghua, and all resolved according to the method of Jiangdong's governance of Shanyue. He also specially dispatched several officials who had worked in Guixi County to serve as deputy officers for Sun Jiao.

That night, Lu Meng arranged for Shamoke to communicate and exchange with the staff in the army, and then arranged for Shamoke's army to be reorganized the next day, and it turned out that Zhu Bao's defenders were all sent to the Zijin Camp. Three days later, Shamoke's army was at least still in appearance, and was reorganized into the 18th Division of the Jiangdong Army. The division commander was Shamoke. The general of the ranks became the division commander within a few days, but Shamoke was even happier. In this way, he said that he had completely ten Han people, and the chief of staff was Chen Shi, deputy chief of staff of the Third Division.

Of course, the reorganization and training of Shamoko's 18th Division has never stopped all the way, but the combat effectiveness of this division is good, because they are originally ethnic groups in the mountains, they are very familiar with fighting in the jungle, and they are all very brave.

Sun Quan took the 14th Division and the 15th Division to capture Wei County, and then waited for Lu Meng and Pang to join forces. After learning that Jiangdong was attacking, Yong Kai, the prefect of Jianning, directly consulted with the Barbarian King Meng Huo, hoping to join forces with the Barbarian King Meng Huo. Meng Huo directly cut Yong Kai, then took over Jianning County and then ignited his soldiers. The total number of soldiers in each unit was about 50,000, which was known as a 100,000 army, so he rushed towards Wei County. Sun Quan refused to fight because his troops were not yet intact. Although Meng Huo had a large number of people, he had no means to attack the city, so he was stalemate here.

On the second day of the sixth month, Pang Tong led the Fifth Division and the White Tiger Brigade to Wei County to meet with Sun Quan; on the tenth day of the sixth month, Lu Meng also brought the Fourth Division and the 18th Division to Wei County. Meng Huo outside the city saw the reinforcements from Wei County constantly advancing, and he was unable to attack the city, so he had to withdraw his troops.

After Sun Quan learned that Meng Huo had withdrawn his troops, he was a little upset. He was too comfortable to stay here and drink tea and exercise every day. He forgot to arrange it early and eliminate Meng Huo's army directly under Wei County. If he pacified Jianning County, he would spend a lot of time and energy less and greatly reduce the casualties of soldiers.

Fortunately, Sun Quan did better than contemporary people, that is, he would correct his mistakes, and immediately asked Chen Nian to find Pang Tong and Lu Meng, and then began to discuss the military situation in front of him. Sun Quan first gave condolences to Pang Tong and Lu Meng's hard work, and said, "Little Phoenix, Ziming, thank you for your hard work, and you will take one county for each Jiangdong. I am here to guard a Wei County with two divisions, and finally let Meng Huo run away. I am really upset!"

Lu Meng hurriedly said, "Lord, using troops to fight is a very different matter. Our combined forces are much less than Meng Huo. I think Meng Huo doesn't know the combat effectiveness of our army. Who would have thought that he could escape so quickly?"

Pang Tong also comforted: "It may be a good thing if Meng Huo leaves. When he goes back, he will definitely find a way to gather more people. Then we can eat more at once, and the subsequent clearance will save more time and trouble."

Sun Quan knew that regret was useless, so he would make plans for the next step and asked, "What are your plans and opinions on the next step?"

Pang Tong pointed to the map and said, "There is a barrier in the middle to Jianning County. There is a river called Xier River. According to the information from the special forces, the river here cannot be shipped, and ships or bamboo rafts will sink and cannot pass. I heard that locals are sliding by ropes. If Mengda cuts these ropes off, we will not be able to pass."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!